Rock the Boat

Overview

One of a series of French-Canadian folk songs, this film was illustrated by Norman McLaren for the Chants populaires series. White gouache drawings on black cards were photographed with overlapping ‘zooms’ to suggest the forward movement of a canoe along rivers and lakes. This film appears in Chants populaires no. 5 and in Chants populaires no. 6.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 31, 1944

Original language

English

Spoken languages

French

Countries

Canada

Production

ONF,NFB,ONF | NFB

Director

Norman McLaren

Producer

Norman McLaren

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt0037566